The dividing (index) head is a device used to divide the periphery of a workpiece into any number of equal parts, and to hold the work in the required position while the grinding or cuts are being ...

Quick, what’s 360 divided by 23? It’s easy enough to get the answer, of course, but if you need to machine a feature every 15.652 degrees around a shaft, how exactly would you accomplish that? There ...

Assembly, testing, and precision machining — the Vertex Super Indexing Head goes to work, delivering accurate dividing and rotation on the milling machine. MAGA’s biggest megaphones speak out against ...

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